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CONSTRUCTION work has begun on the £225million rail link that will connect Luton Airport with Luton Airport Parkway railway station. The Luton DART (Direct Air-Rail Transit) will be a double-shuttle, fully-automated people-mover, capable of operating

THE Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has announced plans for a ‘Congestion Deal’ that would see £80million spent on 27 extra trams. Extra money would also be spent on improving cycling lanes and other

THE 7¼in-gauge line at Plowmans Garden Centre, Ferndown, Dorset has had to cease operations. The garden centre is one of nine that has closed after the owning group went into administration on March 27. There

THE Devon Railway Centre (DRC), near Tiverton, celebrates 20 years of operation with a gala on May 12-13. All three 7¼in-gauge locos will be running: Cromar White ‘Hymek’ Bo-BoBE, 4wPH Pfeifferbahn 20 of 1993, and

PATHFINDER Tours’ early-summer programme includes an attractive day out in the Peak District, heading for Buxton and the Hindlow branch on June 9. After an early start from Taunton, the train runs via Weston-super-Mare, Bristol,

TRAINS were suspended on the Leeds to Ilkley route in West Yorkshire between April 3 and April 9 after a landslip occurred at Springs Tunnel, south of Guiseley station. Around 80 tonnes of debris, including

SIGNALLER Steve Kennedy closed Ashton Moss North Junction box for the last time on April 14, marking the end of a small chapter in railway history, writes Richard Horner. Ashton Moss was the last Lancashire

A £50MILLION infrastructure project on the busy North Wales Coast route between Chester and Holyhead has been completed by Network Rail, Richard Horner reports. The project included resignalling between Shotton and the Conwy Valley to

NETWORK Rail and Gatwick Airport Ltd are working on a major redevelopment of Gatwick Airport’s overcrowded rail interchange. The project is being supported by the Department for Transport (DfT). The station currently handles 19 million